Main Idea & Summary
A passage explains how bees help plants grow by spreading pollen.
What is the main idea?
a. bees make honey.
b. bees help plants grow by pollination.
c. plants grow in soil.
d. bees live in hives.
What is Bees help plants grow by pollination.
What is text evidence?
a. a guess
b. proof from the text
c. a question
d. a title
What is Proof from the text
Which structure shows similarities and differences?
a. cause and effect
b. description
c. sequence
d. compare and contrast
What is Compare and Contrast.
What are context clues?
a. pictures
b. hints in the text
c. titles
d. questions
What are hints in the text.
What does explaining relationships mean?
a. telling the setting
b. showing connections
c. finding vocabulary
d. listing characters
What is showing connection
Main idea: Dolphins are intelligent animals. Which detail best supports this?
a. they live in water.
b. they eat fish.
c. they can solve problems.
d. they are gray.
What is They can solve problems.
Why do plants need sunlight? Which is the best evidence?
a. plants are green.
b. plants use sunlight to make food.
c. plants grow outside.
d. plants need water.
What is Plants use sunlight to make food.
Which structure explains why something happens?
a. cause and effect
b. description
c. sequence
d. compare
What is Cause and Effect.
If a word is explained in the sentence, what clue is it?
a. synonym
b. definition
c. antonym
d. example
What is definition
What is point of view?
a. the setting of the story
b. who is telling the story and how the story is being told
c. the problem in the story
d. the main idea
What is who is telling the story and how the story is being told
What is a summary?
a. a long retelling of every detail.
b. a short explanation of important ideas.
c. a personal opinion.
d. a list of characters.
What is A short explanation of important ideas.
What does it mean to make an inference?
What is to take an educated guess?
Which structure gives steps in order?
a. problem and solution
b. chronological
c. cause and effect
d. Compare and constrast
What is chronological order.
"The Glass was fragile and broke easily." What does "fragile" mean?
a. strong
b. heavy
c. easily broken
d. expensive
Which sentence shows first person point of view?
a. she walked to school alone
b. they were excited for the trip
c. I went to the store with my mom
d. the boy ran fast
What is I went to the store with my mom
Which is the BEST summary? A passage explains how hurricanes form and the damage they cause.
a. hurricanes are scary.
b. hurricanes form over warm water and can cause damage.
c. I like storms.
d. hurricanes have wind.
What is Hurricanes form over warm water and can cause damage.
"The boy grabbed his umbrella before leaving the house". What can you infer?
a. it is sunny.
b. it might rain.
c. he is going to bed.
d. he is inside all day.
What is It might rain.
A passage explains a problem and how to fix it.
a. sequence
b. Compare and contrast
c. problem and solution
d. description
What is problem and solution
"The firefighter was exhausted after rescuing people from the fire." What does "exhausted" mean?
a. angry
b. very tired
c. excited
d. confused
What is very tired
Why does point of view matter in a text?
a. it changes the font
b. it helps understand who is telling the story and their perspective
c. it makes the story shorter
d. it adds pictures
What is it helps understand who is telling the story and their perspective.
Why should a summary NOT include opinions?
a. opinions make it longer.
b. summaries should include only important facts.
c. opinions are confusing.
d. teachers don't like opinions.
What is summaries should include only important facts.
What can you infer?
a. Maria did poorly.
b. Maria was unprepared.
c. Maria felt confident about the test.
d. Maria didn't care.
What is Maria felt confident about the test.
Why is text structure important?
a. it makes text longer.
b. it helps organize ideas
c. it adds pictures
d. it confuses readers
What is it helps organize ideas.
"The scientist observed the experiment carefully before writing her notes." What does "observed" mean?
a. ignored
b. watched closely
c. broke
d. cleaned
What is watched closely
A student reads a paragraph about recycling and also looks at a chart showing how much waste different materials take to break down.
What is the BEST way to use both sources?
a. only read the paragraph because charts are confusing
b. only look at the chart because it has numbers
c. use both the paragraph and chart to understand recycling better
d. ignore both and guess the answer
What is use both the paragraph and chart to understand recycling better.